Belt /(bĕlt)/

1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

   The shining belt with gold inlaid.

2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

   He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule.

3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
4. Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. (Arch.)
5. One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. (Astron.)
6. A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. (Geog.)
7. A token or badge of knightly rank. (Her.)
8. A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. (Mech.)
9. A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. (Nat. Hist.)

imp. & p. p. Belted; p. pr. & vb. n. Belting

1. To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

   A coarse black robe belted round the waist.

   They belt him round with hearts undaunted.

2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.]